Provides extra mounting points for a light, microphone, monitor or audio recorder Made of solid, extruded aluminum If you've ever tried mounting any accessories atop a DSLR or video camera hot shoe you know how frustrating it can be to be limited as all devices only have one available shoe. This bracket aims to solve that by providing you with three cold shoes for the price of one. I say for the price of one because it mounts in the camera's hot shoe, thereby adding two additional slots overall. It's a simple and straightforward device that gets the job done. The Three shoes are all cold (meaning they can't be used to power any devices) While there are many others mounting options available such as this one, This model is different in 1- that it's very compact in size, making it easier to handle and making it less optrusive.2- You can mount up to 3 items at the same time, as opposed to most brackets that can only mount 2 at once. This comes in very handy in particular for people that shoot a lot of video on their DSLR and need to mount an external microphone or any lights needing to be firmly attached. . The device is machined out of a single piece of fairly thick aluminum so there won't be any bend or flex when in use

Purchased this item in order to be able to attach a michrophone, light and external monitor to my Canon 5D MkII ( as shown in the photograph). The unit is made of a very thick aluminum with three hotshoes with an adjustment screw (for securing items inserted into the shoes) and a foot with a a tightening wheel that secures the mount to the top of the camera. As an interesting aside, the mount also has a center hole with a set screw that will hold an umbrella shaft that converts the the brackel into an attac..